Berkshire man sentenced for selling illegal drugs
MHRA found more than 40,000 tablets at his home
A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to 51 weeks in custody suspended for 15 months for illegally importing and supplying erectile dysfunction medicines, along with other medicine offences, the UK Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said.
Paul Giddings, of Sandhurst, Berkshire pleaded guilty to two counts of importing both unlicensed and generic Kamagra and Lovegra erectile dysfunction medicines.
Giddings also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply medicinal products, as well as the sale and supply, and distribution of unlicensed erectile dysfunction drugs.
MHRA investigators found more than 20,000 Kamagra products, 24 Tadalafil tablets and 9,600 Lovegra tablets at Giddings’ home after the HM Revenue and Customs intercepted two parcels.
In total the number of products involved and seized exceeded 40,000 tablets.
MHRA Head of Enforcement Mick Deats said: ‘Giddings was illegally importing and supplying medicinal products without any regard for the potential harm they could pose.
‘The products being sold have undergone no quality control and there is no guarantee about their safety or quality.’